1 TIMOTHY 5:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not — the socioeconomic reality: young unsupported widows become perierchomai (gadabouts), idle, gossiping, and meddling (perierga). Idleness breeds vice; meaningful work produces virtue.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:13
Paul having discoursed much concerning widows, and having settled the age at which they were to be admitted, saying, “Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old,” and having described the qualifications of a widow, “If she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the Saints' feet,” proceeds now to say, “But the younger widows refuse.” But concerning virgins, though the case of their falling is a much more gross one,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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